Shoe-form.



J. YOUNGMAN & H. W. DRENAN.

SHOE FORM.

APBLIOATIOH FILED NOV. 3, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN YOUNGMAN AND HARRY W. DBENA THE VULGAN BOX TOE PROCESS 00., OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, A

OHIO.

N, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO GORPORATION OF SHOE-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July *7, 1914.

Application filed November 3, 1913. Serial No. 798,933.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN YOUNG AN and HARRY vV. DRENAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device to be placed in pumps and Oxford shoes to keep the same in shape after the last has been removed. Shoes of this style have a tendency to bulge out at the top, and the present invention is designed to prevent this.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an eiiicient device of the kind stated which is extremely simple, and which can be cheaply manufactured, and readily inserted into and removed from the shoe.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a shoe showing the device in place; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device removed from. the shoe, and 3 is a cross section of the device on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing the device comprises a bar or stick 5, which may be of wood, and is of such length that it can be placed in the shoe to extend slantingly between the forward portion of the insole and the top of the counter. The bar is enlarged slightly toward one end, as indicated at 6 and has a rounded corner 7 at which is located an outstanding pin 8. The opposite or smaller end of the bar is also rounded,

- as indicated at 9. The pin 8 is secured to the edge of the bar in any suitable manner, and it projects in an oblique direction from the bar. The edge of the bar, adjacent to the pin, is faced with a metal strip 10. y

In use, the bar 5 is placed into the shoe, so as to extend slantingly between the forward portion of the insole and the back part or counter of the shoe. The pin 8 is stuck into the insole and the rear end of the bar is then forced down into the shoe tocome flush with the top edge thereof at the back or counter. This draws up all slack in the throat and brings the shoe back to its proper shape. The rounded edge 9 allows the rear end of the bar to slip freely down into the shoe.

which it can be easily and cheaply manufactured, it can be readily placed in the shoe and removed therefrom, and it effectually serves the purpose for which it is designed.

The part 8 may be an ordinary headed tack which is fastened to the bar by a metal strip 11 fitting over the rounded edge 7 thereof and having a perforation through which the tack passes, the head of the tack being clamped to the edge of the bar by the metal strip. The tack also passes through the metal strip 10, said strip serving to reinforce the rounded edge of the bar.

We claim:

1. A. shoe form comprising a narrow elongated bar having a pin projecting obliquely and downwardly from one of its ends, and arranged to enter the insole rearwardly of the front thereof. K

2. A shoe form comprising a narrow elongated bar of such a length as to extend slantingly between the forward portion of the insole and the top of the counter or back port-ion of the shoe, and a pin projecting downwardly from the forward end of the bar for insertion into the insole rearwardly of the front thereof.

3. A shoe form comprising a narrow elongated bar of such a length as to extend slantingly between the forward portion of the insole and the top ofthe counter or back portion of the shoe, the rear counter-engaging end of the back being rounded, and a pin projecting downwardly from the forward end of the bar for insertion into the insole.

4:. A. shoe form comprising a bar having a pin projecting obliquely and downwardly from one of its ends, and a strip fastened to the bar and extending over the edge thereof at the aforesaid end, said strip having a perforation through which the pin passes, and the pin having a head seating under the strip and clamped thereby against the edge of the bar.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN YOUNGMAN. HARRY W. DRENAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. BYRON, J. S. CUNINGHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

